Patents by Inventor Kenta SUGITATE

Kenta SUGITATE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240107938
    Abstract: An electric working machine includes: a machine body; a motor mounted on the machine body and driven by electric power supplied from a battery; a working part driven by motive power of the motor to perform work; an operation part operated by a user to control the operation of the motor; and a display device disposed on the machine body and including a display. The display device is disposed to be separated forward from the operation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kenta Sugitate, Kenji Fukuda, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Publication number: 20240107940
    Abstract: An electric working machine includes a machine body, a motor mounted on the machine body and driven by electric power supplied from a battery, a working part driven by motive power of the motor to perform work, and a cover that covers the motor. The cover includes an output terminal for supplying the electric power of the battery to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya Odaka, Kenta Sugitate
  • Publication number: 20240076016
    Abstract: A marine vessel (10) includes: a hull (11); an electric propulsion portion (15) that propels the hull (11); a water tank portion (20) that is provided on the hull (11) and is capable of storing water in the water tank portion; a float portion (40) that is provided within the water tank portion (20) so as to be movable upward and downward; and a battery case (30) that is attached to the float portion (40) and is capable of storing a detachable portable battery (35) which becomes an electric power source of the electric propulsion portion (15) in the battery case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Kenta Sugitate
  • Publication number: 20240076025
    Abstract: A marine vessel (10) includes a hull (11), an electric propulsion part (15) configured to propel the hull (11), an anchor part (20) that is connected to a chain cable (21) pulled out from the hull (11) and is submerged in water, a power generating part (63) submerged in water together with the anchor part (20), and a battery case (30) configured to accommodate a detachable portable battery (35) that is an electric power source of the electric propulsion part (15), wherein the battery case (30) is integrated with the anchor part (20) and connected to the power generating part (63).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Kenta Sugitate
  • Patent number: 11894534
    Abstract: A battery unit equipped in a vehicle includes a battery, a case accommodating the battery, an upper surface covering material covering an upper surface of the battery in the case, an intake portion provided on the upper surface covering material and configured to take in air from an outside of the case to above the battery, a lower surface covering material covering a lower surface of the battery in the case, an exhaust portion provided on the lower surface covering material and configured to discharge air that has cooled or heated the battery, a fan disposed below the lower surface covering material, configured to take in air discharged from the exhaust portion, and discharge the air between the lower surface covering material and a bottom surface of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Tsubasa Ikeya, Kenta Sugitate, Kazuya Nakano, Ryo Kaneshima
  • Publication number: 20230301236
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a front wheel and a rear wheel provided apart from each other in a front-rear direction of the machine body, a working portion provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel and including a power source and a cutter blade capable of being rotated around a rotary shaft by the power source, and a compaction roller provided between the front wheel and the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya Odaka, Kenta Sugitate, Tatsuya Ide, Kohei Hada, Yoshiya Nakagawa, Toshiaki Takamura, Yuki Yoshimine
  • Patent number: 11731483
    Abstract: A temperature adjustment circuit includes a first temperature adjustment circuit and a second temperature adjustment circuit in which a control device is configured to switch between a circulation state where a heat-transfer medium is circulated through a connection circuit in which the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are connected to each other and a non-circulation state where the heat-transfer medium is not circulated through the connection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Miyamoto, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Kengo Aoki, Naoki Fujihara, Ayumu Uno, Kenta Sugitate, Takeshi Otani
  • Patent number: 11712981
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, an air conditioner, a first temperature adjustment circuit including a first pump and a chiller, a second temperature adjustment circuit including a second pump and a radiator, a coupling passage configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a coupling circuit, an electromagnetic switching valve configured to switch between a circulation state in which the heat medium can circulate through the coupling circuit and a non-circulation state in which the heat medium cannot circulate through the coupling circuit, a first temperature sensor configured to acquire a first temperature which is a temperature of the battery, and a control device configured to select any one mode of a plurality of modes in accordance with the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu Miyamoto, Toshikatsu Katagiri, Kengo Aoki, Naoki Fujihara, Ayumu Uno, Takeshi Otani, Naoyuki Nakamura, Kenta Sugitate, Hiroto Kobayashi, Satoko Ito
  • Publication number: 20220111760
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery, an air conditioner, a first temperature adjustment circuit including a first pump and a chiller, a second temperature adjustment circuit including a second pump and a radiator, a coupling passage configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a coupling circuit, an electromagnetic switching valve configured to switch between a circulation state in which the heat medium can circulate through the coupling circuit and a non-circulation state in which the heat medium cannot circulate through the coupling circuit, a first temperature sensor configured to acquire a first temperature which is a temperature of the battery, and a control device configured to select any one mode of a plurality of modes in accordance with the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu MIYAMOTO, Toshikatsu KATAGIRI, Kengo AOKI, Naoki FUJIHARA, Ayumu UNO, Takeshi OTANI, Naoyuki NAKAMURA, Kenta SUGITATE, Hiroto KOBAYASHI, Satoko ITO
  • Publication number: 20220063368
    Abstract: A temperature adjustment circuit includes a first temperature adjustment circuit and a second temperature adjustment circuit in which a control device is configured to switch between a circulation state where a heat-transfer medium is circulated through a connection circuit in which the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are connected to each other and a non-circulation state where the heat-transfer medium is not circulated through the connection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsu MIYAMOTO, Toshikatsu KATAGIRI, Kengo AOKI, Naoki FUJIHARA, Ayumu UNO, Kenta SUGITATE, Takeshi OTANI
  • Publication number: 20210273275
    Abstract: A battery unit equipped in a vehicle includes a battery, a case accommodating the battery, an upper surface covering material covering an upper surface of the battery in the case, an intake portion provided on the upper surface covering material and configured to take in air from an outside of the case to above the battery, a lower surface covering material covering a lower surface of the battery in the case, an exhaust portion provided on the lower surface covering material and configured to discharge air that has cooled or heated the battery, a fan disposed below the lower surface covering material, configured to take in air discharged from the exhaust portion, and discharge the air between the lower surface covering material and a bottom surface of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki TAKAHASHI, Tsubasa IKEYA, Kenta SUGITATE, Kazuya NAKANO, Ryo KANESHIMA
  • Patent number: 10434897
    Abstract: A vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit includes a high-voltage system equipment, and a cooling fan for taking in air from a passenger compartment. The high-voltage system equipment is cooled with air taken in from the passenger compartment, the cooling fan is provided on an upstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, and an air discharge portion is provided on a downstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, a branch portion for dividing a flow of air used to cool the high-voltage system equipment is provided in the air discharge portion, an air flow regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the branch portion, and the air flow regulating portion is formed integrally with the high-voltage system equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Sugitate, Tomomi Kurita
  • Patent number: 10434895
    Abstract: A power supply device includes: an electric storage unit; a connection unit connected to the electric storage unit; a housing which houses the electric storage unit; a power receiving unit which receives AC power in a noncontact manner; a rectifier which converts the AC power into DC power and outputs the DC power; an AC lead wire which connects the power receiving unit and the rectifier; and a DC lead wire which connects the rectifier and the connection unit. The power receiving unit is connected to the housing via a heat conduction unit, an opening is provided on a surface facing the power receiving unit in the housing, any one of the AC lead wire, the DC lead wire and the rectifier is disposed to pass through the opening, and the housing has a heat capacity larger than that of the power receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kume, Kanae Okuma, Kenta Sugitate, Christopher Lang
  • Patent number: 10399455
    Abstract: A vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit includes: a high-voltage system equipment and a cooling fan for taking in air from a passenger compartment. The high-voltage system equipment is cooled with air taken in from the passenger compartment, the cooling fan is provided on an upstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, and an air discharge portion is provided on a downstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, a branch portion for dividing a flow of air used to cool the high-voltage system equipment is provided in the air discharge portion, an air flow regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the branch portion, and the air flow regulating portion is formed integrally with the high-voltage system equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Sugitate, Tomohiro Higaki, Shigeru Kitao, Tomomi Kurita
  • Publication number: 20190210483
    Abstract: A vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit includes a high-voltage system equipment, and a cooling fan for taking in air from a passenger compartment. The high-voltage system equipment is cooled with air taken in from the passenger compartment, the cooling fan is provided on an upstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, and an air discharge portion is provided on a downstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, a branch portion for dividing a flow of air used to cool the high-voltage system equipment is provided in the air discharge portion, an air flow regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the branch portion, and the air flow regulating portion is formed integrally with the high-voltage system equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kenta SUGITATE, Tomomi KURITA
  • Patent number: 10220670
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a battery module and an exhaust duct to discharge air from the battery module. A first side member is provided along a first side trim to provide a space between the first side member and the first side trim in a vehicle width direction. The space is connected to the battery module via the exhaust duct. A rear seat is provided in a vehicle interior. A first exhaust port is connected to the exhaust duct via the space and provided in the vehicle interior below the rear seat in a vehicle height direction. A second exhaust port is connected to the exhaust duct via the space and provided in the vehicle interior behind the rear seat in a front-rear direction. The air is discharged from the exhaust duct through the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port via the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rieko Koyama, Kenta Sugitate
  • Patent number: 10150346
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery module, a heater duct, and an exhaust duct. The battery module is disposed on the floor panel under a seat. The heater duct is disposed on the floor panel to discharge air output from an air conditioner through the heater duct. The exhaust duct is provided on the floor panel to discharge air output from the battery module through the exhaust duct. The exhaust duct intersects the heater duct viewed in a height direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rieko Koyama, Kenta Sugitate, Ryo Fujii, Tetsuya Sugizaki
  • Patent number: 10005336
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery module, an exhaust duct, and a carpet. The battery module is disposed inside a vehicle interior. The exhaust duct is provided on the floor panel to discharge air output from the battery module through the exhaust duct. The carpet is disposed on the floor panel so as to cover the exhaust duct. The carpet has ventilation holes such that air discharged from the exhaust duct is to pass through a space between the floor panel and the carpet and to be discharged into the vehicle interior through ventilation holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rieko Koyama, Kenta Sugitate
  • Publication number: 20180072184
    Abstract: A vehicular charging part layout structure includes a battery case provided at a lower position of a vehicle, a battery accommodated in the battery case, and an electrical power receiving device configured to receive electrical power from the outside of the vehicle, and transmit the electrical power to the battery through a charger. The battery case includes a battery accommodation portion configured to accommodate the battery, and a charger accommodation portion configured to accommodate the charger. The battery accommodation portion and the charger accommodation portion are formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Lang, Kanae Ohkuma, Yasuhisa Kume, Kenta Sugitate
  • Publication number: 20180050606
    Abstract: A vehicle high-voltage system equipment unit includes: a high-voltage system equipment and a cooling fan for taking in air from a passenger compartment. The high-voltage system equipment is cooled with air taken in from the passenger compartment, the cooling fan is provided on an upstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, and an air discharge portion is provided on a downstream side of the high-voltage system equipment, a branch portion for dividing a flow of air used to cool the high-voltage system equipment is provided in the air discharge portion, an air flow regulating portion is provided on an upstream side of the branch portion, and the air flow regulating portion is formed integrally with the high-voltage system equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kenta SUGITATE, Tomohiro HIGAKI, Shigeru KITAO, Tomomi KURITA